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Why Your Azure SQL DTU Database Might Be Charging You for More Than 24 Hours a Day

Sid Redjini on July 09, 2025

In cloud cost optimization, assumptions can be expensive. Azure’s Database Transaction Unit (DTU) pricing model for SQL Databases is often consider...
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Nathan Tarbert

the transparency here is next level, seriously appreciate seeing the messy real side of billing
makes me wonder if more cloud stuff like this has hidden traps too, you think they’re everywhere or just with certain providers

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Louis Moulin

Very instructive

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Yanis Azria

Interesting and very well written

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J2K

Good work !!

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Inès Dakhlaoui

Great article, good heads-up for anyone using DTUs

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Kelly Plancy

Amazing !!! Thanks a lot for your work 🙏🏾

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ilies fadhli

Congratulations !!

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Sabry

Congratulations, it's very interesting and very intuitive.

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Mohamed Bilal

It’s very, very interesting. The article is complete and well structured great work!

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Rayan

Thanks for the clarity, that is why where i work we are using lambdas to uncharge our db

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Imran Barbouch

Good article, very instructive! I learned a lot by reading it, thanks for sharing !